TIME LINE 1960'S

9/3-10 PACIFIC COAST CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH.

EDWARD WYLIE VS. L.L. HALL 5-2-21 DRAWS at LONG BEACH, CA.

WYLIE WINS TITLE. GAMES PUBLISHED IN MATCH BOOK.

9/12-16 14th BRITISH OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP at EDINBURGH.

ALF HUGGINS WINS TITLE.

10/2-14 22nd US NATIONAL TOURNAMENT at EAU CLAIRE, WS.

MILTON LOEW WINS TITLE OF AMERICAN 3-MOVE CHAMPION, BUT DECLINES TO CHALLENGE FOR THE WORLD 3-MOVE MATCH CHAMPIONSHIP

CANADIAN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at ???

W.R. FRASER WINS TITLE.

B. CASE VS. R. MARTIN 3-0-15

1961

CANADIAN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at ???

KARL ALBRECHT WINS TOURNEY.

7/9 DEATH OF GERTRUDE HUNTLEY.

7/31 DEATH OF LEONARD CLAXTON OF LONDON, AGED 49. A FORMER WINNER OF THE BRITISH AND SCOTTISH TITLES.

5/22-26 ENGLISH OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP at WESTON-SUPER-MARE.

FRANK GALLAGHER WINS TITLE.

7/24-28 SCOTTISH OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP at GLASGOW.

JAMES MARSHALL WINS TITLE.

8/21-24 BRITISH MATCH CHAMPIONSHIP - 3 MOVE.

DEREK OLDBURY vs ALF HUGGINS 4-0-23 DRAWS at ROTHERHAM.

OLDBURY RETAINS TITLE.

SUMMER LONDON CHAMPIONSHIP at ???

E. ROSE BEAT F. J. REED 3-0 IN FINAL.

ROSE WINS TITLE.

THE WELLS MEMORIAL CHECKER CLUB, BOSTON, CLOSES. AT ITS PEAK, IT HAD 450 MEMBERS.

2/13- FLORIDA OPEN at ST. PETERSBURG, FL.US

DON LAFFERTY WINS TOURNEY.

4/4 DEATH OF FRANK GALLAGHER, AGE 41, AT HIS HOME IN MANCHESTER, ENGLAND. HE WAS THE CURRENT ENGLISH CHAMPION, AND THE DAY AFTER THE GELSTHORP CUP HAD BEEN STOLEN DURING A BURGLARY AT HIS HOME HE COMMITTED SUICIDE BY GASSING HIMSELF.

5/10 NEW ZEALAND CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at ???

J. DOWIE WINS TITLE.

SPRING FINISH OF THE 5TH INTERNATIONAL MAIL MATCH.

USA BEAT GREAT BRITAIN 12-10-74 DRAWS.

SPRING LONDON CHAMPIONSHIP, T. A. LANDRY.

6/11-15 15th BRITISH OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP at

HIGH WYCOMBE.

DEREK OLDBURY WINS TITLE.

7//9-13 SOUTHERN STATES TOURNAMENT at ASHEVILLE, NC.

ELBERT LOWDER WINS TITLE.

8/6-12 50TH LAKESIDE TY at LAKESIDE, OH US.

P. WEXLER WINS TOURNAMENT.

8/20-30 23RD US NATIONAL TOURNAMENT at PEORIA, IL.

BASIL CASE AND EDWIN HUNT ARE DECLARED CO-CHAMPIONS. CASE ISSUES A CHALLENGE TO WALTER HELLMAN FOR THE WORLD 3-MOVE CHAMPIONSHIP.

1963

CANADIAN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at ???

NORM WEXLER WINS TOURNEY.

4/13-15 TEN GAME CHALLENGE MATCH.

J. McGILL, GLASGOW CHAMPION vs T. LANDRY, LONDON CHAMPION 3-1-5 DRAWS at GLASGOW.

6/3-7 ENGLISH OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP at SCARBOROUGH.

DEREK OLDBURY WINS TITLE.

SPRING LONDON CHAMPIONSHIP.

TOM A. LANDRY RETAINS TITLE.

7/22-27 SCOTTISH OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP at DUNDEE.

JOHN McGILL VS JAMES MARSHALL 1-0-7 DRAWS IN FINAL.

McGILL WINS TITLE.

JULY/AUGUST WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH 3 MOVE.

WALTER HELLMAN VS BASIL CASE 2-1-37 at MARIETTA, GEORGIA AND LAKESIDE, OHIO.

HELLMAN RETAINS TITLE. THIS WAS THE SECOND WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH BETWEEN THESE TWO, WITH HELLMAN WINNING BOTH. SHORTLY AFTER THIS MATCH, FRUSTRATED WITH THE RESULTS, CASE LEFT THE GAME AND NEVER COMPETED AGAIN.

9/28 DEATH OF PERCY AUGUSTUS CRABBE, AGED 84. HE BECAME LONDON CHAMPION IN 1912 AND WALKED 400 MILES TO PLAY IN THE 1913 SCOTTISH CHAMPIONSHIP. TWICE WINNER OF THE ENGLISH CHAMPIONSHIP.

11/16 DEATH OF PAUL THOMPSON, US MAIL CHAMPION.

1964

3/25 DEATH OF TOM WESTLAKE, AGED 69, at BRISTOL.

HE WROTE NEWSPAPER COLUMNS AND PROMOTED CORRESPONDENCE TOURNEYS BEFORE BECOMING SECRETARY OF THE EDA.

4/25 BRITISH COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL at LONDON.

YORKSHIRE VS DEVON 9-7-8 DRAWS.

YORKSHIRE WIN THE SUNDAY CITIZEN CUP.

5/9 ENGLISH AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL at EXETER.

JOHN NAPIER VS LEN CHANDLER 2-1-3 DRAWS.

NAPIER WINS TITLE.

SPRING LONDON CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL

TOM A. LANDRY VS A. TAYLOR 2-1-5 DRAWS IN FINAL.

LANDRY RETAINS TITLE - HIS 3RD WIN IN A ROW.

7/18-24 16th BRITISH OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPat DUMFRIES.

JOHN McGILL VS EDDIE GIBSON 1-0-5 DRAWS IN FINAL.

McGILL WINS TITLE.

7/28 DEATH OF HUGH EGAN DRAUGHTS EDITOR OF THE MELBOURNE WEEKLY TIMES.

8/17-26 24TH US NATIONAL TOURNAMENT (3-MOVE) at ROCKFORD, IL .

WALTER HELLMAN, THE CURRENT WORLD 3-MOVE CHAMPION ,WINS TITLE.

SUMMER? NEW ZEALAND CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at GREYMOUTH.

C. JOHNSTON WINS TITLE.

9/7 CANADIAN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at ???

E. THOMPSON WINS TITLE.

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP - MAIL PLAY.

ALF HUGGINS (GREAT BRITAIN) vs RICHARD FORTMAN (USA) 1-0-11 DRAWS.

HUGGINS WINS TITLE.

1965

4/19-23 ENGLISH OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP at LONDON.

J. McGILL WINS TITLE.

7/5-9 SCOTTISH OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPat KIRKWALL, ORKNEY.

J. McGILL WINS TOURNEY.

7/26-30 1ST “OPEN” SOUTHERN TOURNAMENT at GAINESVILLE, GA.

ED SCHEIDT /LOYD TAYLOR CO-CHAMPIONS.

DEATH OF J.T.BRADFORD.

AUG MATT LONG LAUNCHES THE LCA MAIL PLAY LADDER (PREDECESSOR TO LONG'S LADDER), WITH AL TUCKER ON THE NUMBER ONE RUNG.

9/6, CANADIAN OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at TORONTO.

ED BRUCH WINS TOURNEY.

10/4-12 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH 3 MOVE.

WALTER HELLMAN VS DEREK E. OLDBURY 7-1-27 DRAWS at STAMFORD, CONN.

HELLMAN RETAINS TITLE.

1966

5/11-16 NEW ZEALAND CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at NELSON.

W.O' MALLEY WINS TITLE.

5/30-6/3 17th BRITISH OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP at SCARBOROUGH.

JAMES MARSHALL WINS TITLE.

8/15-22 25TH US NATIONAL TOURNAMENT (3-MOVE) at FRESNO, CA.

EUGENE "GENE" FRAZIER WINS TITLE OF AERICAN CHAMPION, AND CHALLENGES WALTER HELLMAN FOR THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE.

AUG WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH 11-MAN BALLOT.

NEWELL BANKS VS. WAYNE VAN LEER 5-0-11 DRAWS at DETROIT, MI.

BANKS RETAINS TITLE.

CANADIAN OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at ???

ED BRUCH WINS TOURNEY.

LONDON CHAMPIONSHIP.

JACK LATHAM WINS TITLE.

DEATH OF C. J. GREENSWORD.

1967

2/13- FLORIDA OPEN at ST. PETERSBURG, FL.

CAPT. J. HOWE JR. WINS TOURNEY.

3/28- 11 MAN BALLOT STAKE-PURSE MATCH.

DEREK OLDBURY vs. LaVERNE DIBBLE 6-2-7 DRAWS at DETROIT, MICH. US.

5/29-6/2 ENGLISH OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP at WESTON- SUPER-MARE.

ALF HUGGINS WINS TITLE.

7/12-13 TEXAS MATCH CHAMPIONSHIP.

H.L. CRAVENS VS. JOHN CALDWELL 3-1-7 DRAWS at BROWNWOOD, TX. US.

CRAVENS RETAINS TITLE.

7/15-17 INTERNATIONAL MATCH.

SCOTLAND vs NORTHERN IRELAND 20-20-38 DRAWS at GLASGOW.

7/15-16 3-MOVE SUBSCRIPTION MATCH.

H.L. CRAVENS VS. JERRY CHILDERS 5-1-3 DRAWS at TULSA, OK.

7/ 18-22 SCOTTISH OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at GLASGOW.

JOHN McGILL WINS TOURNEY.

8/7-11 LAKESIDE TOURNAMENT at LAKESIDE, OH.

ROBERT BURROUGHS WINS TOURNEY.

9/6 DEATH OF OLIVER MAURO.

11/4- WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH 3-MOVE.

WALTER HELLMAN vs. EUGENE FRAZIER 5-0-31 DRAWS at MUSKOGEE, OK and GREAT BEND, KS.

HELLMAN RETAINS TITLE.

11/27 DEATH OF CONRAD CANTOR.

CANADIAN OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at TORONTO.

ED BRUCH WINS TOURNEY.

1968

5/8-14 NEW ZEALAND CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at CHRISTCHURCH.

J. DOWIE WINS TITLE.

7/22-26 18th BRITISH OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP at GLASGOW.

J. McGILL WINS TITLE.

9/16-23 26TH US NATIONAL TOURNAMENT (3-MOVE) at MEDORA, ND.

EVERETT FULLER WINS TITLE OF AMERICAN CHAMPION, BUT DECLINES TO CHALLENGE FOR THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE.

LONDON CHAMPIONSHIP.

JACK LATHAM WINS TITLE.

11/28-12/1 1ST US 11 MAN NATIONAL TOURNAMENT at PHILADELPHIA, PA.

EVERETT FULLER WINS HIS SECOND US NATIONAL TOURNEY IN TWO MONTHS, HAVING PREVIOUSLY WON THE 3-MOVE TOURNEY IN SEPTEMBER.

CANADIAN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at ???

F. KENDALL WINS TITLE.

1969

1/16 DEATH OF JOHN SCOTT

CANADIAN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at ???

ED BRUCH WINS TOURNEY.

5/- NEW ZEALAND CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at AUCKLAND.

A.D. HRSTICH WINS TITLE.

5/26-30 ENGLISH OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPat LEAMINGTON.

A. HUGGINS/N.WEXLER CO-WINNERS.

7/14-18 53rd SCOTTISH OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP at THURSO.

E. GIBSON WINS TITLE.

9/27-29 INTERNATIONAL MATCH.

10TH ENGLAND vs SCOTLAND 31-18-51 DRAWS at NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE.

LONDON CHAMPIONSHIP.

TOM A. LANDRY WINS TITLE.